diff --git a/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml
index d11b1498..3d182cbe 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -16,35 +16,46 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 {{- $envAll := . }}
 {{- $labels := tuple $envAll "kubernetes" "coredns" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" -}}
+{{- $kinds := list -}}
+{{- if .Values.manifests.deployment -}}{{ $kinds = append $kinds "Deployment" -}}{{- end -}}
+{{- if .Values.manifests.daemonset -}}{{ $kinds = append $kinds "DaemonSet" -}}{{- end -}}
+
+{{- range $kinds -}}
+{{- $kind := . -}}
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
+kind: {{ $kind }}
 metadata:
   name: coredns
   labels:
 {{ $labels | indent 4 }}
-    {{ .Values.service.name }}: enabled
+    {{ $envAll.Values.service.name }}: enabled
     kubernetes.io/name: "CoreDNS"
   annotations:
     {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" }}
 spec:
-  replicas: {{ .Values.pod.replicas.coredns }}
+{{- if eq $kind "Deployment" }}
+  replicas: {{ $envAll.Values.pod.replicas.coredns }}
   strategy:
     type: RollingUpdate
     rollingUpdate:
       maxUnavailable: 1
+{{- end }}
   selector:
     matchLabels:
 {{ $labels | indent 6 }}
-      {{ .Values.service.name }}: enabled
+      {{ $envAll.Values.service.name }}: enabled
+{{- if eq $kind "DaemonSet" }}
+{{ tuple $envAll "coredns" | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_upgrades_daemonset" | indent 2 }}
+{{- end }}
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
 {{ $labels | indent 8 }}
-        {{ .Values.service.name }}: enabled
+        {{ $envAll.Values.service.name }}: enabled
       annotations:
-        configmap-bin-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-bin.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
-        configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
+        configmap-bin-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-bin.yaml" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
+        configmap-etc-hash: {{ tuple "configmap-etc.yaml" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.utils.hash" }}
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: coredns
       shareProcessNamespace: true
@@ -52,7 +63,9 @@ spec:
         - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
           operator: "Exists"
       nodeSelector:
-        {{ .Values.labels.coredns.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.coredns.node_selector_value }}
+        {{ $envAll.Values.labels.coredns.node_selector_key }}: {{ $envAll.Values.labels.coredns.node_selector_value }}
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: {{ $envAll.Values.pod.lifecycle.termination_grace_period.coredns.timeout | default "30" }}
+{{- if eq $kind "Deployment" }}
       affinity:
         podAntiAffinity:
           preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
@@ -60,15 +73,16 @@ spec:
             podAffinityTerm:
               labelSelector:
                 matchExpressions:
-                - key: {{ .Values.service.name }}
+                - key: {{ $envAll.Values.service.name }}
                   operator: In
                   values:
                   - enabled
               topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+{{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: coredns
-        image: {{ .Values.images.tags.coredns | quote }}
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.images.pull_policy | quote }}
+        image: {{ $envAll.Values.images.tags.coredns | quote }}
+        imagePullPolicy: {{ $envAll.Values.images.pull_policy | quote }}
 {{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.coredns | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 8 }}
         args: [ "-conf", "/etc/coredns/Corefile" ]
         volumeMounts:
@@ -102,11 +116,12 @@ spec:
       volumes:
         - name: config-volume
           configMap:
-            name: {{ .Values.service.name }}-etc
+            name: {{ $envAll.Values.service.name }}-etc
             items:
             - key: Corefile
               path: Corefile
         - name: scripts
           configMap:
-            name: {{ .Values.service.name }}-bin
+            name: {{ $envAll.Values.service.name }}-bin
             defaultMode: 0555
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/charts/coredns/values.yaml b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
index f913a773..d468d7a4 100644
--- a/charts/coredns/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/coredns/values.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ service:
   ip: 10.96.0.10
 
 pod:
+  lifecycle:
+    upgrades:
+      # This is only meaningful when deploying as a DaemonSet
+      daemonsets:
+        pod_replacement_strategy: RollingUpdate
+        coredns:
+          enabled: true
+          min_ready_seconds: 0
+          max_unavailable: 30%
+    termination_grace_period:
+      coredns:
+        timeout: 30
   resources:
     enabled: false
     coredns:
@@ -52,6 +64,7 @@ pod:
       limits:
         memory: "1024Mi"
         cpu: "2000m"
+  # This is only meaningful when deploying as a Deployment
   replicas:
     coredns: 3
 
@@ -63,4 +76,7 @@ monitoring:
       port: 9253
 
 manifests:
+  # This chart can deploy CoreDNS as a Deployment, as a DaemonSet, or both
+  daemonset: false
+  deployment: true
   pod_test: true
diff --git a/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
index 150f68d1..dd6e38d9 100644
--- a/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/basic/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -571,12 +571,9 @@ data:
     conf:
       test:
         names_to_resolve:
-          - att.com
           - calico-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
-          - google.com
           - kubernetes-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local
-
     images:
       tags:
         coredns: coredns/coredns:1.1.3
diff --git a/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml b/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
index fe7d4123..83977757 100644
--- a/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
+++ b/examples/complete/armada-resources.yaml
@@ -582,9 +582,7 @@ data:
     conf:
       test:
         names_to_resolve:
-          - att.com
           - calico-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
-          - google.com
           - kubernetes-etcd.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
           - kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local